Irish Brand Loyalty

the groutch · 16-07-2014 11:26PM #1

I've never understood why so many people are obsessed with certain Irish products, when they are vastly inferior to other brands of the same product.

Eg.

Tayto Crisps: Overly greasy, almost always broken, only brand you'll ever find a green crisp in the bag.

Heinz Ketchup: Watery & bland.

Kellogs Cornflakes: Dry and tasteless, like eating woodchips.

Brennan's White Sliced Pan: Tastes as if it's only half baked.

Then there's Cadbury's chocolate, Denny/Galtee Sausages, the list goes on and on.

Are people so blinded by the brand name that they don't realise how bad the product is?

Frosty McSnowballs · 16-07-2014 11:27PM

Taste varies and is subjective, however, you're wrong.

Arthur Beesley · 16-07-2014 11:28PM

King are much better than Tayto.

shruikan2553 · 16-07-2014 11:28PM

the groutch wrote: »

I've never understood why so many people are obsessed with certain Irish products, when they are vastly inferior to other brands of the same product.

Eg.

Tayto Crisps: Overly greasy, almost always broken, only brand you'll ever find a green crisp in the bag.

Heinz Ketchup: Watery & bland.

Kellogs Cornflakes: Dry and tasteless, like eating woodchips.

Brennan's White Sliced Pan: Tastes as if it's only half baked.

Then there's Cadbury's chocolate, Denny/Galtee Sausages, the list goes on and on.

Are people so blinded by the brand name that they don't realise how bad the product is?

Say what you will about the rest, I would agree with most of it but leave heinz ketchup out of it. Its better than that **** chef call ketchup.

jester77 · 16-07-2014 11:29PM

eh, Heinz and Kellogs are not Irish

wazky · 16-07-2014 11:29PM

How dare you try besmirch the good name of Taytos.

The little green crisps are good for character building.

Awkward Badger · 16-07-2014 11:31PM

Heinz isn't Irish but regardless Heinz ketchup is vastly superior to the vinegar slime that chef make.

Duff · 16-07-2014 11:31PM

whatever about the others you listed, but no harm to ya, Cadburys is the nicest chocolate in the history of the world.

wendell borton · 16-07-2014 11:33PM

wazky wrote: »

How dare you try besmirch the good name of Taytos.

The little green crisps are good for character building.

The green bits are poison! :rolleyes:

ballsymchugh · 16-07-2014 11:33PM

almost always broken must be the lousiest excuse to complain about crisps that i've ever heard!

utyh2ikcq9z76b · 16-07-2014 11:35PM

the groutch wrote: »

I've never understood why so many people are obsessed with certain Irish products, when they are vastly inferior to other brands of the same product.

Eg.

Tayto Crisps: Overly greasy, almost always broken, only brand you'll ever find a green crisp in the bag.

Heinz Ketchup: Watery & bland.

Kellogs Cornflakes: Dry and tasteless, like eating woodchips.

Brennan's White Sliced Pan: Tastes as if it's only half baked.

Then there's Cadbury's chocolate, Denny/Galtee Sausages, the list goes on and on.

Are people so blinded by the brand name that they don't realise how bad the product is?

Only Brennans and Tayto are actually Irish products, and tayto outsourced the actual making of the crisps

jester77 · 16-07-2014 11:36PM

Duff wrote: »

whatever about the others you listed, but no harm to ya, Cadburys is the nicest chocolate in the history of the world.

Cadburys is awful, it wasnt even allowed to be sold here in Germany until recently because of its vegetable oil content which gives it that nasty taste.

Fr_Dougal · 16-07-2014 11:36PM

jester77 wrote: »

eh, Heinz and Kellogs are not Irish

Neither is Cadbury.

Renegade Mechanic · 16-07-2014 11:37PM

wendell borton wrote: »

The green bits are poison! :rolleyes:

Eh... They are..?

OldMrBrennan83 · 16-07-2014 11:43PM

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Irish Guitarist · 16-07-2014 11:46PM

The last time Tayto tasted nice was when they were about 12 pence. Sometime in the late eighties the quality dropped drastically. Every bag started to contain more burned crisps than properly cooked ones. As well as that they often had a weird taste that resembled the smell of horse manure. I always suspected they fried the potatoes without washing them.

I've had a few packets in the last few years and they're not as bad as they were. They're just about passable but aren't half as nice as the likes of King.

Duff · 16-07-2014 11:46PM

jester77 wrote: »

Cadburys is awful, it wasnt even allowed to be sold here in Germany until recently because of its vegetable oil content which gives it that nasty taste.

Gerrupouttatha!

Sir Gallagher · 16-07-2014 11:47PM

Have you tasted the sh1te they pass off as a slice pan and litre of milk in Spain? Give me a Brennans pan and a litre of Avonmore over that any day of the week.

We've also got the finest butter in the world in Kerrygold, them mad bastards in America are even putting it in their coffee for fcksake.

Egass13 · 16-07-2014 11:49PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Have you tasted the sh1te they pass off as a slice pan and litre of milk in Spain? Give me a Brennans pan and a litre of Avonmore over that any day of the week.

We've also got the finest butter in the world in Kerrygold, them mad bastards in America are even putting it in their coffee for fcksake.

It's lovely in coffee to be fair

Arthur Beesley · 16-07-2014 11:51PM

Patww79 wrote: »

King are Tayto. Just one of their brands, they even market products like velvet crunch as King in the UK.

No, King are not Tayto.

King, Tayto, Sam Spudz and a few other brands are all owned by Largo Foods, which also owns Hunky Dorys.

King and Tayto are a different recipe. Clearly. Anyone that thinks they are the same is not a crisp connoisseur.

shruikan2553 · 16-07-2014 11:52PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Have you tasted the sh1te they pass off as a slice pan and litre of milk in Spain? Give me a Brennans pan and a litre of Avonmore over that any day of the week.

We've also got the finest butter in the world in Kerrygold, them mad bastards in America are even putting it in their coffee for fcksake.

I feel more sick than I did reading the cringey sex thread.

OldMrBrennan83 · 16-07-2014 11:54PM

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Arthur Beesley · 16-07-2014 11:54PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

almost always broken must be the lousiest excuse to complain about crisps that i've ever heard!

Boll***s. It I wanted them broken I'd stand on the pack. I don't want them broken. Not does anyone else.

Not being broken is the minimum
I expect from a pack of crisps. If that can't be managed then they are a fail.

Fr_Dougal · 16-07-2014 11:55PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

I feel more sick than I did reading the cringey sex thread.

It's the unsalted stuff, there's very little difference between that and cream.

Arthur Beesley · 16-07-2014 11:57PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Yes but they're made under the same roof. Just a different bag of flavour chucked in the machine (nicer flavour, might I add).

That's not what you said, and being made under the same roof is meaningless. They make popcorn under the same roof, does that mean King crisps are the same as popcorn? No.

Donkey Oaty · 16-07-2014 11:57PM

Big Ed Loves Mona.

OldMrBrennan83 · 16-07-2014 11:59PM

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hfallada · 17-07-2014 12:00AM

I Dont understand people who but tayto because its Irish. They have a monopoly on crisps and have a massive company. But I make an effort to buy likes of glenisks dairy products or the other small producers in lidl etc. Lidl use small suppliers unlike the large supermarkets that use however is cheaper

OldMrBrennan83 · 17-07-2014 12:02AM

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Sir Gallagher · 17-07-2014 12:09AM

Patww79 wrote: »

They're still the same big company, which means any good or bad practice's that go into Tayto also go into King. And the rest of the crisps under the umbrella. All the flavours (apart from the 'secret' C&O one) come from Kerry group anyway, including the own brand supermarket ones.

What? They are not the same product full stop.

King are a vastly superior crisp to Tayto, the only reason Tayto exists anymore is because culchies refuse to admit King is a tastier crisp. They won't give themselves to the decadent lifestyle that us poncey Dubliners have become accustomed to. They eat Tayto as an act of defiance but also as a self-imposed punishment owing to their diminishing belief in the almighty.

Joe Doe · 17-07-2014 12:10AM

Would avoid Tayto and most other brands of crisps and biscuits after an article (public domain) {googleit}
which reported (low) levels of Acrylamide present in a sample. Best to boil your spuds or lightly bake at <120oc.

Brand of the year/decade is anything from taken from 'The Back Garden' or Local Farmers Markets.
Else Lidl/Aldi for everything else, why pay more for the same stuff, as standard or more upmarket brands?

Guinness (now part of the British-based multinational alcoholic drinks producer Diageo.) is also a part-winner - if only its brand heritage is Irish.
Can't think of any other good Irish brands.

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Suggest we start building and buying our own branded cars
e.g. 500,000 units (3yrs estimate) sold @price of 10,000e (cheap!),
it could equate to €5,000,000,000 back into economy,
a bit like finding a massive oil field and mountain made of gold.

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